¹⁷ My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden^(A) from me, nor is their sin concealed from my eyes.^(B)

¹² For the word of God^(A) is alive^(B) and active.^(C) Sharper than any double-edged sword,^(D) it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.^{(E) 13} Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight.^(F) Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

¹² And I saw the dead, great and small,^(A) standing before the throne, and books were opened.^(B) Another book was opened, which is the book of life.^(C) The dead were judged^(D) according to what they had done^(E) as recorded in the books.

²⁰ If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.

¹³ The Lord said, “It is because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them; they have not obeyed me or followed my law.^{(A) 14} Instead, they have followed^(B) the stubbornness of their hearts;^(C) they have followed the Baals, as their ancestors taught them.” ¹⁵ Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “See, I will make this people eat bitter food^(D) and drink poisoned water.^{(E) 16} I will scatter them among nations^(F) that neither they nor their ancestors have known,^(G) and I will pursue them with the sword^(H) until I have made an end of them.”^(I)